Introduction to People Management

Introduction to People
Management

Table of Contents
Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................1
What contemporary issues face line management..................................................................1
What skills, knowledge and behaviors needed to be an effective people manager................3
What HR process support and underpin management...........................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
People management is a variant of human resource management. Various HR activities like
job training, accession of talent, motivation and listening sessions, mentoring, argument
resolution and encouragement all comes in people management. The important role of people
management is to create a better work environment for all the employees and organization. The
individual professional in HR management who specialized in this particular area work with
employees during the complete life cycle of company, which includes hiring the right people to
assisting them through the process to make them reach their full potential plus keep the
employees satisfied for their respective roles (Knies, Leisink and Van De Schoot, 2020). As John
Kohout, a business development VP, said at Hudson Wealth Management, “Becoming stagnant
in any career is a risk everyone faces, and with people management, you’re taking steps to
prevent that before it even sets in so you can help someone find fulfillment in a greater goal,”.
When a powerful people management is developed the HR gets their team motivated, productive
and satisfied. In the report of Tesco below we will see the contemporary issues that face line
management go through when it comes to people management and the knowledge, skills
required for an effective performance management. Tesco is a British based internationalized
retail company which sells groceries and merchandise.
Main Body
What contemporary issues face line management
When any one make progress in careers he/she naturally has to reach the next step of
management. This progression comes with rewards as well as many challenges too. The team of
management professionals needs people with knowledge, skills and understanding to manage
people effectively. These professionals, with the help of HR manage the work and performance
of employee, although because of COVID 19 situation these tasks are negatively affected, adding
up to other issues faced by them. The following are issues management go through:
Effective communication with employees:It is one of the biggest challenge for any
management professional to bring the different people together in organization by motivating
them timely using their communication skills. The manager needs to develop this skill of listing
and communicating effectively to the people for the success of team (Power, 2021). According to
the report of 2020 in UK this has been reported that because of less interdepartmental
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